How to bet British Champions Day: Why it ought to be Ombudsman at Ascot
Steve Dennis marks your card for Ascot’s end-of-season extravaganza on Saturday [Oct 18]
What’s been happening: Thorpedo Anna retired, Daryz to stay in training, British Champions Day latest and more …
Horse of the Year set for broodmare career but Arc hero races on – plus world #1 Ka Ying Rising ‘ready to rumble’ in Everest … all this and more in our weekly digest of recent international racing news
‘We feel like it would be a lot to ask of him’ – Chad Summers on a Breeders’ Cup no-go for star juvenile Napoleon Solo
Trainer is taking the long view and avoiding the temptation to ship across country to Del Mar with his 6½-length Champagne Stakes winner
World rankings update: ‘She looks a serious filly, make no mistake’ – Aidan O’Brien full of praise for Precise
With top-class two-year-old racing dominating last week’s European fare and a pre-Breeders’ Cup hiatus in the States, there was little movement in the reaches of Thoroughbred Racing Commentary’s Global Rankings.
Ben Curtis: Any job can get stale and I was putting in a lot of miles and hours in England
Our questions are answered by the prolific former British-based jockey who recently landed his first G1 win since moving to the US on Simply In Front at Keeneland
Here’s mud in your eye: spotlight on German beach racing
Xander Brett visited the Duhner Wattrennen in Cuxhaven, an idiosyncratic once-a-year venue where horse racing takes place on mudflats in the Elbe estuary
TRC Global Rankings Insight
#1 Ranked 12 October 2025
| Horses | Ka Ying Rising NZL |
|---|---|
| Sires Overall | Frankel GBR |
| Sires Dirt | Into Mischief USA |
| Sires Turf | Frankel GBR |
| Jockeys | Ryan Moore |
| Owners | Godolphin |
| Trainers | Aidan O'Brien |
Seven Days in RacingTRC’s weekly digest
Children of SecretariatPatricia McQueen on the offspring of a true great
